Drinking before or after dinner or both, 132
Drunken habits of Central African races, 357
“Early to bed” etc. (modern version of the same), 217
Eyes “sunk” into the head for our “starting” from it, 36
—— (plucking or tearing out of, a Persian practice), 359
Fagfúr (Mosl. title for the Emperor of China), 335
Faráis (pl. of farísah) = shoulder-muscles, 219
Faráshah, noun of unity of Farásh = butterfly, moth, 305
Farrásh, a man of general utility, tent-pitcher etc., 4
Fátir = creator (chapter of the Koran), 366
Fí al-Kamar in the moonshine (perhaps allusion to the Comorin islands), 269
Fights frequent at funerals or wedding processions, 190
Fillets hung on trees to denote an honoured tomb, 96
Floor (sitting upon the, sign of deepest dejection), 314
Foot (prehensile powers of the Eastern), 179
Fortalice of fruits (Ar. Hisn al-Fákihah), 75
Galaktophagi prefer sour milk to sweet, 360
Garden (in the Prophet’s tomb at Al-Medinah), 91
“Gift from me to,” etc. = “I leave it to you, sir”, 292
Giraffe, one of the most timid of the antelope tribe, 54
Girding the sovereign (found in the hieroglyphs), 328
Glooms gathering and full moons dawning for hands and eyes, 247
Gold (when he looked upon it, his life seemed a light thing to him), 240
Grapes (bunch of, weighing twenty pounds, no exaggeration), 358
Grim joke (showing elation of spirits), 324
—— (must be fed before his errand is asked), 319
Hájah = a needful thing (for somewhat), 349
Hákim = ruler, not to be confounded with Hakím, a doctor, etc., 29
Hallaling = Anglo-Indian term for the Moslem rite of killing animals for food, 9
Hammál al-Hatabi = one who carries fuel-sticks, 59
Harrakát = carracks (also used for cock-boat), 336
Hasab wa Nasal = inherited degree and acquired dignity, 279
Heroes and heroines of love-tales are bonnes fourchettes, 300
Hisn al-Fákihah = Fortalice of fruits, 75
Hubkah = doubling of a woman’s waistcloth, 180
Humility of the love-lorn Princess artfully contrasted with her former furiosity, 261
Incuriousness of the Eastern story-teller, 57
Infidel should not be killed unless refusing to become a Moslem or a tributary, 64
Jábir Atharát al-Kirám = Repairer of the Slips of the Generous, 100
Jawámard for Jawán-mard, un giovane, a brave, 17
Julnár = Pers. Gul-i-anár (pomegranate flower), 268